[Intro]
[Male Vocal]
[Whispered]
Brother, why sit outside the cheer?
Take this wood. The aim is clear.

[Verse 1]
[Male Vocal]
Höðr heard laughter like rain on shields,
Feet shifting wide across the field.
He knew each god by breath and tread,
But not the small wood dressed as death.
Loki drew near with careful grace,
Warm words moving in a colder place.

[Pre-Chorus]
[Duet]
"I cannot see where the bright one stands."
"I know the line, I know the lands."
"I fear to harm what all men bless."
"No hurt can stand in his holiness."

[Chorus]
[Duet]
Guide the blind hand, steady and slow,
No one will blame what the blind cannot know.
Guide the blind hand, bowstring drawn,
A brother's trust before the dawn.
Guide the blind hand, green wood flies,
One small lie can darken the skies.

[Verse 2]
[Male Vocal]
Höðr touched bark with his fingertips,
Felt Loki's breath near his listening lips.
"It is light," said Loki, "harmless too,
A twig that cannot trouble you."
Balder laughed in the shining crowd,
Frigg turned once at the edge of sound.

[Pre-Chorus]
[Duet]
"Is he smiling?" "He smiles at you."
"Is he ready?" "The oath is true."
"Will he forgive me?" "He already has."
The moment narrowed like broken glass.

[Chorus]
[Duet]
Guide the blind hand, steady and slow,
No one will blame what the blind cannot know.
Guide the blind hand, bowstring drawn,
A brother's trust before the dawn.
Guide the blind hand, green wood flies,
One small lie can darken the skies.

[Instrumental Break]
[Muted triplet guitars pulse under bowed lyre scratches.]

[Bridge]
[Male Vocal]
Höðr, remember the weight of his name,
Warm as bread and clean as flame.
Loki, remember the shape of your smile,
Thin as a knife in a funeral aisle.

[Breakdown]
[Shouted]
Lift.
Breathe.
Loose.
Grieve.

[Final Chorus]
[Duet]
Guide the blind hand, steady and slow,
No one will blame what the blind cannot know.
Guide the blind hand, green wood flies,
One small lie can darken the skies.
Guide the blind hand, the hall holds still,
Love meets death by another's will.

[Outro]
[Male Vocal]
[Whispered]
Brother, why sit outside the cheer?
The arrow found what the eye could not fear.
